Delivery appliance.



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DELIVERY APPLIANCE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.17,1911.

- Patnted Feb. 27, 1912. 3

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W1 TNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT oFFIoF.

- CHARLES HO'IH, or wamioiv, IOWA.

DELiVERY APPLIANCE.

a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in -in position upon its rail, Fig, 2-)

the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to delivery appliances and more particularly delivery appliances for delivering hay, etc, to either side of the barn, hay-loft or like structure.

An object of the invention is to provide a delivery appliance mounted upon suitable tracks among the rafters of the structure and movable along the length of the building, said appliance being of such construction and operation that it may be readily tilted ,to either side to deliver hay, etc., delivered thereupon by the carrier thereabovc, to either side of the building as may be desired so as to fill every portion of the structure.

Another object is to provide a delivery appliance of this nature which may be ill-- stalled in any-structure in which it is desired to store hay or the like and which will be separate and independent ofthe carrier. Other objects and advantages will be hereinafterset forth and pointed out in the specification and claim.

In the accompanying drawings which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a vertical cross sectional view, through the upper portion of the frameworkof an ordinary barnor hay loft, showing my delivery appliance suspended upon its track secured to cross braces or beams fastened to the rafters, Fig. 2 is an enlarged frag mentary view, showing one corner of the fran'ieworh of the (lelivcry appliance and one of the wheels or rollers of said framework is a \ertica]. sectional view on the line Ji -i3 of Fig. l,-the rafters m t l'ieing shown, and Fig. 4

. is an end View of the delivery appliulu'e re moved from its track.

Referrin more )articularl to the drawings in which similar rcfcrrncc numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views 1 represents the track rails which are substantially of L-shaped form in cross section and are secured to the beams Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 17, 1911.

Patented Feb. 27. 1912..

Serial No. 644,580.

2 adjacent the rafters 3 and preferably extending longitudinally of the structure. The track rails 1 are fastened to the beams and extend in a horizontal direction with their long sides or wide sides directed at an angle toward the lower side edges of the building while their n'arrow edges are at right angles thereto, and extend toward the sloping side rafters 3 for supporting thereupon the wheels or rollers 41 mounted upon suitable pins or shafts 5. The shafts 5 are mounted in and extend from the upper portions of the upwardly extending corner posts 6 of the framework of the movable delivery appliance. The lower ends of the corner posts (3 are connected by the horizontal end strips 7 while the upper ends of said corner posts are connected and braced by the bracing rods or strips 8. 'At the meeting ends of the corner posts 6 and the end strip 7 and at the junction of the ends of the bracing rods or'strips 8 with the upper ends of the corner posts 6, are provided corner irons t) to strengthen the parts at these connections. Upon the upper edge of each of the end strips 7 about midway the ends thereof,-are the bearing brackets 10 which are adapted to receive the opposite ends of the rock shaft 11, extending longitudinally of the framework. A suitable rack 12 is secured upon the under side of each end strip 7 below the bearing brackets 10, the purpose of which will presently appear. A suitable cradle or rocking bed composed of the spaced strips 13"secured upon theconnecting strips 14 is provided upon its under side with the shaft 11 (previously nicntioi'led), the main portion of which is fiat and secured to the under side of thetilting bed by screws or other suitable means, while the ends of the shaft 11 are reduced and rounded to be received within the bearing brackets 10. Upon one end or, if desired, both ends, is positioned a lever 15 which extends downwardly and rarries a spring'actuated dog 16 for engagement with the teeth of the rack 12 upon the adjacent end strip 7. Asthc. lever 15 is rigid with the shaft 1.1 and the dog 16 is engaged with the teeth of the rack 1'2, the cradle or rocking bed-will be held in posilion, either tilted or in its normal horizontal crated abovethe delivery appliance and the I end of the lever 15, as will be clearly underopposite ends stood.

In Fig. 4, I have shown the wheels or rollers t as being mounted upon the out- 'wardly directed ends of the shafts 18, the of which are flattened and secured against the upper ends of the corner posts 6. In this view I have also shown operating cords having their upper ends secured to the lever 16 and to the opposite ends of certain of the spaced strips 13. The opcrating cords are designated by the numeral 19 and are connected with the lever 16 and the ends of the strips 13 by means of rings or eye-screws 20. By the use of these cords 19, the device may be operated by a person some distance away from the delivery appliance to cool effect.

Thusit will be seen that I have rovided a delivery appliance which will dehver hay, etc., to any portion of a structure desired while filling the same with the material to be stored therein without the necessity of a Workman moving along the rafters with the device to guide the material from the delivery appliance as desired, the automatic cradle or tilting bed servingthis purpose.

It will be understood when the material is to be delivered to the central portion of the structure, the delivery appliance is moved along its track to allow the carrier or sling to drop said material to the center of the structure.

Owing to the extreme simplicity of the construction and operation of this device, it may be manufactured, installed and operated at an extremely small cost.

What I claim is:

A delivery appliance for delivering hay .to the sides of a structure comprising a tilting bed having a shaft secured to the under side thereof, a framework including end pieces having corner posts extending upwardly therefrom, cross strips connected to the corner posts near the upper ends thereof,

means for bracing the corner post against the end pieces, the shaft having its opposite ends mounted for rotation upon the end pieces, the bed being positioned between the end piecesand adapted to be tilted to opposite sides, means for tilting the bed, means secured to said shaft and adapted to cooperate with means carried by the end pieces to lock said bed at different angles, the

framework and bed being suspended with 

